Kevin Lewis started the scoring for Delbarton at 10:47 in the first on a pass from Cole Riccardi to put Delbarton up 1-0. Later in the quarter, Summit's Alex Salazar made a save off a shot but the rebound was put back by Sean Donnelly for a man-up goal to give Delbarton a 2-0 lead at the end of the first.

The first half saw Delbarton capitalize off Summit's penalties, as John Shaffer scored two EMO goals in the second quarter. Donnelly put in an even strength goal in the second quarter and at the half, it was 5-0 Delbarton.

Tim Farrell/The Star-LedgerDelbarton celebrates during its victory over Summit

The defensive effort of Delbarton was definitely the key to the game, as the Green Wave played zone and were able to slide and swarm and cut off all open lanes for Summit. Summit's only goal of the game came in the third quarter when Austin Carbone penetrated the zone and shoveled one passed John Schisler to make the score 5-1.

Delbarton was able to hold the ball for much of the fourth quarter and tick down the clock, narrowly avoiding stalling warnings the entire way. The crisp passing of the attack and midfielders finally sunk Summit.

When it faces Bridgewater-Raritan in the finals, Delbarton will have played the top three teams in The Star-Ledger Top 20 (Bridgewater, Don Bosco Prep, Summit) in its past four games.

Both teams traded blows in the first quarter as Bridgewater received goals from Mike Serrante and Ryan Hollingsworth and Ridgewood countered with goals from Max Luing and Jack Allard to make it 2-2 at the end of the first.

Ridgewood's attack faltered a bit in the second quarter and Bridgewater was able to capitalize on Justin Higgins' acrobatic goal where he dove and scored top shelf to make it 3-2. John Longordo capped the first half scoring to make it 4-2 Bridgewater at the half.

The halftime stats were very telling as Bridgewater outshot Ridgewood 23-4 in the first, but goalie Noah Pounds was the best player on the field, keeping Ridgewood in the game despite being constantly peppered with shots.

Allard cut the lead to one with his second goal of the game, but Scott Bieda followed 20 seconds later to put Bridgewater back up by two, 5-3. Ray Mastroianni scored on an assist from Hollingsworth to make it 6-3 B/R at the end of the third.

That is when Ridgewood exploded for three goals in two minutes to knot everything up. First, Peter Reuter scored on a pass from Luing. 34 seconds later, we saw Allard's third goal of the contest to make it 6-5. 35 second after that, Blake Feagles penetrated and blasted one passed Zach Jones to tie it up.

Longordo answered the call with his second goal of the game to put Bridgewater back on top 7-6 with 7:57 to go in regulation. But Reuter tied it back up at 5:16 at 7-7. Both Pounds and Jones stood tall for the remaining minutes and sent the game into overtime.

Ridgewood won the opening face-off in the first overtime and held the ball for nearly the entire period. Reuter and Allard both had near misses for Ridgewood. Bridgewater's Steve Danyluk intercepted a pass late in the period and Bridgewater had two near misses of its own as time expired and sent the game into the second OT.

Tripp Tedesco won the second straight overtime face-off for Ridgewood, but a steal by Connor Murphy gave Bridgewater the ball for much of the period. Longordo and Bieda both came up empty, and then following a penalty, Ridgewood had a man advantage. But Jones and the Bridgewater defense was able to kill the penalty and send it into the third overtime.

Jared Kaden won the face-off for Bridgewater and then Bridgewater earned an EMO following a Ridgewood penalty. That's when B/R was able to move the ball more easily and Bieda drew two defenders and passed it out to Mastroianni who rifled in the game-winner 54 seconds into the third overtime to keep Bridgewater's perfect season alive.

Starting at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, you can follow along at here for the play-by-play of the final between Delbarton and Bridgewater.